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Detail from Daniel Maclise's painting "The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife" (c.1854

PhD Student Annabel Barry on "The Marriage Plot in Irish Literature," R1A and a Virtual Rare Books Exhibition

Detail from Daniel Maclise's painting "The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife" (c.1854)

Arthur Sze Library of Congress Great Hall, Photo Credits: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress

US Poet Laureate and Berkeley English Alum Arthur Sze on the Joy of Making | Cal Alumni Magazine

Arthur Sze in Library of Congress Great Hall, Photo Credits: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress

News

January 9, 2026

Jan 09
Professor Kevis Goodman's "Pathologies of Motion" Awarded 2025 Robert Lowry Patten Award

December 2, 2025

Dec 02
Berkeley English Undergraduate Major Emily Shanmugam Wins First Place in 2025 Jane Austen Society of North America Essay Contest

November 13, 2025

Nov 13
Professor Andrew Way Leong Awarded Major Grant for Tule Lake Literary Journal Translation Project

September 26, 2025

Sep 26
Q&A with Professor Alexandra Lossada: "I don’t find that the story of immigration can be told by exclusively focusing on one demographic, but rather I want to see how different groups are narrating their histories and stories through literature."

September 22, 2025

Sep 22
"What is the appropriate form with which to tell the story of the African postcolonial state?" A Q&A with Professor Farah Bakaari

Profiles

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What We Are in Literature and Art

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Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion

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The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising